> "The interrupt routine proper simply updates the variables `jiffies' and marks
> the bottom half routine (see Section 7.2.4) of the timer interrupt as active.
> This is called by the system at a later point ..."
>
> This implies that, in our hypotetical case, the scheduler is never called !
> Still, both of the process are running correctly. Why ?
- the bottom half is called later, but just a little bit later :)
- if (one_of_several_contitions) need_resched = 1;
- on sytem call exit, if (need_resched) schedule();
See arch/i386/kernel/entry.S for more details...
Rik.
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